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Check this out! Over $500 raised in sales of the "Cooking for a Cause" Cookbooks!

The sales greatly exceeded our expectations and the success of the fundraiser was a result of one factor....YOU!

As we close out the cookbook sales the Grants Committee and the members it serves would like to extend a heartfelt Thank You to everyone that participated. The success of this endeavor rests squarely on the shoulders of those who submitted recipes or purchased books. $500 is a substantial amount of money and will go far in helping one or more of our fellow AIDSMEDS members attend the gathering in Seattle, a member who would not otherwise be able to attend. This is truly something we can all be proud of.

When Phil (the numbers man) gets settled back in, he will give us a final tally on the sales amount.

Great work guys and gals!

Although the Cookbook sales have closed you still have a couple days to make a general donation to the AMG Grants Committee. Any amount is appreciated and no amount is to small. For donation info please PM the Grants Committee

Of course, I think, and I'm sure others agree, that you deserve a special thanks too, Will. It's easy for people to say something should be done but it takes a special person to actually get something done. I know you worked hard on putting this project together, collecting and editing recipes, getting the book published, and finally getting the book delivered. So Thank You for all the work you did!

mikie(who has already stashed away some recipes to submit for next year's cookbook )

I used 5 jumbo egg whites and 1 cup of marshmallow cream (no additional sugar). Of course always use a clean metal bowl and a good hand mixer to whip it into shape.

My version is easy to make:

1) Make a square pan of chocolate brownies (any mix will do). I dont use the ones with nuts but hey that would work if you want to use them. Let these cool completely and place on a foil covered baking sheet.2) Take 1 block of Breyersģ all natural vanilla ice cream that has been frozen hard and slice it in half. I slice it sideways across instead of from the top down. Place the two halves on top of the uncut brownie layer.3) Slather the meringue generously around the sides and on top of this then pop it into a 400 degree oven. This will not take long to start browning.. keep a close eye on it. When it starts to brown slightly, turn the oven on broil (500 degrees) and when the top heating element gets nice and red, the Baked Alaska should be brown enough. Pull it out, slice and serve ASAP.

I made this recently and it was a huge hit. I doubt many folks would turn their nose up at this desert and it really is easy to make. By the way, that meringue with marshmallow never fails or falls when used on pies either.

I used 5 jumbo egg whites and 1 cup of marshmallow cream (no additional sugar). Of course always use a clean metal bowl and a good hand mixer to whip it into shape.

Ahh I've never heard of meringue made that way. I normally use sugar and egg whites. That marshmallow cream must help get the peaks perfect. Thanks for sharing it. Do you beat the egg whites completely before adding the marshmallow cream or do you start with everything combined?

Ahh I've never heard of meringue made that way. I normally use sugar and egg whites. That marshmallow cream must help get the peaks perfect. Thanks for sharing it. Do you beat the egg whites completely before adding the marshmallow cream or do you start with everything combined?

No. I start out with just the egg whites and beat them maybe a minute then put in the marshmallow cream well before the whites actually get stiff. When I add the marshmallow I crank the mixer up to almost high and it whips up nicely. A friend of my mom's told me about using that marshmallow stuff this past summer. It makes it nice and shiny too.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

Speaking of Klonopin you should see the video I made and put up on facebook when I was zonked on it last week -- I took a Gaultier sarong and turned it into an Islamic hijab and sat there making faces wearing some McQueen sunglasses that I bought in London in the late 90's.

Dinner tonight will be grilled swordfish with fork-crushed purple potatoes and shallots, and sauteed asparagus in garlic, followed by chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting. Possible palate cleansing with a blackberry cabaret sorbet.

Speaking of Klonopin you should see the video I made and put up on facebook when I was zonked on it last week -- I took a Gaultier sarong and turned it into an Islamic hijab and sat there making faces wearing some McQueen sunglasses that I bought in London in the late 90's.

Dinner tonight will be grilled swordfish with fork-crushed purple potatoes and shallots, and sauteed asparagus in garlic, followed by chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting. Possible palate cleansing with a blackberry cabaret sorbet.

That sounds delish ... I'm visiting a friend and am having a hankering for some fried chicken and potato logs from the truck stop next exit down from his house .

Oh I would love to see that video , link please . It will take me back to my tweaking days when I used to fall asleep on camera for all to see .

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

I hadn't cooked anything out of the cookbook for a while; but I made a BIG bowl of the "Bean and Bacon Coleslaw" for a 4th of July weekend cookout. Since it's only 45 days until we meet up in Seattle, I thought I'd post a picture of this recipe from the cookbook.

I hadn't cooked anything out of the cookbook for a while; but I made a BIG bowl of the "Bean and Bacon Coleslaw" for a 4th of July weekend cookout. Since it's only 45 days until we meet up in Seattle, I thought I'd post a picture of this recipe from the cookbook.

Either the handle on that bowl is a bit odd-looking or your photochop skillz are da bomb.

Now, I may be the exception, but I had never heard of bean and bacon coleslaw. That's some serious gas in the making

Logged

"I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else."

pg 26 in "Cooking for a Cause - a collection of recipes to benefit AMG2011"

personally, I don't get gassy from cabbage (gosh, how I love sauerkraut and chow-chow), and there really aren't enough kidney beans in the recipe to be that much of a problem.

boy howdy was that some down and dirty photoshopping (although I actually use Paint Shop Pro not PhotoShop). Look at the crappy edging around the bowl and my hair LOL; but a pix of the coleslaw, a pix of me on a raft in the pool, and 3 mins of crappy editing and voila! another pix of disproportionate food.

I hadn't cooked anything out of the cookbook for a while; but I made a BIG bowl of the "Bean and Bacon Coleslaw" for a 4th of July weekend cookout. Since it's only 45 days until we meet up in Seattle, I thought I'd post a picture of this recipe from the cookbook.

That photo is just downright frightening. Sort of a combination of Hannibal and . . . . .??

Edit: Frankenfurter from Rocky Horror when he served his dinner guests parts of Eddy. Yikes.

"I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else."

That photo is just downright frightening. Sort of a combination of Hannibal and . . . . .??

I had actually taken a series of pictures (from a perspective above) of little leathermans that I was going to edit so that they were floating in the bowl of coleslaw waving, smiling and looking like they were drowning; but I did deem that too scary after I started putting that picture together.

I had actually taken a series of pictures (from a perspective above) of little guinea pigs that I was going to edit so that they were floating in the bowl of coleslaw waving, smiling and looking like they were drowning; but I did deem that too scary after I started putting that picture together. my hairy chest IN the coleslaw just looked kinda nasty and unhealthy, so I chose to be outside the bowl. LOL

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

I hadn't cooked anything out of the cookbook for a while; but I made a BIG bowl of the "Bean and Bacon Coleslaw" for a 4th of July weekend cookout. Since it's only 45 days until we meet up in Seattle, I thought I'd post a picture of this recipe from the cookbook.

as I said I haven't made anything out of the book for a while, so I haven't posted any pix from any recipes for a while. As I had never posted a pix of this one, and as it's summer here in the states and a cold coleslaw salad was appropriate for the 4th and summertime, I thought I'd post a pix of what we took for the cookout at my brothers. We also made a crockpot full of au gratin potatoes but I never submitted that recipe and so didn't take any pix of it.

I did make lemon bars too (another recipe I submitted) but I had already posted pix of them. Besides I cheated and made these from a box. LOL

Since I've got the book back out, I guess I should see what else would be good for Summertime fare and try someone else's recipe soon. ANybody got a suggestion? Has anybody else made anything from the cookbook?

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts